"gladder" meaning in English

See gladder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡlædə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gladder.wav
Etymology: From Middle English gladere, from Old English glædra (adj), glador (adverb), comparative of glæd (“glad, shining, bright”). More at glad. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|gladere}} Middle English gladere, {{der|en|ang|glædra|pos=adj}} Old English glædra (adj) Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} gladder
  1. comparative form of glad: more glad Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: glad (extra: more glad)
    Sense id: en-gladder-en-adj-ejGkR1nJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡlædə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gladder.wav Forms: gladders [present, singular, third-person], gladdering [participle, present], gladdered [participle, past], gladdered [past]
Etymology: From gladder (“one who makes glad”), or perhaps from Middle English *gladderen, from Old English *gladrian (“to make glad”), equivalent to glad + -er (fequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|*gladderen}} Middle English *gladderen, {{der|en|ang|*gladrian||to make glad}} Old English *gladrian (“to make glad”), {{suffix|en|glad|er|id2=verbal frequentative|pos2=fequentative suffix}} glad + -er (fequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gladder (third-person singular simple present gladders, present participle gladdering, simple past and past participle gladdered)
  1. (nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Alternative form of gladden Tags: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, proscribed, rare Alternative form of: gladden
    Sense id: en-gladder-en-verb-rY6zxJ0j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative): 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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